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Troy Meink: “In many of our contracts, the contractor is not allowed to…”

Featuring: Troy Meink, Secretary of the Air Force | National

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So, Senator, I'm not, I'm not familiar with the specific number you quoted, but we do have, in many of our contracts, we do have requirements to, to matter of fact, they can't raise prices. Matter of fact, as we go to In many of our contracts, the contractor is not allowed to raise costs. But yes, I appreciate that you put that in some contracts, but I'm actually asking a somewhat different question if I can. And that is, what is the baseline for every defense contractor working? (01:48–01:57)

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Asserts that many Air Force contracts prevent contractors from raising costs.

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